characterize

characterize

['kæriktəraiz]

vt.表示 ... 的典型, 赋予 ... 特色

例句与用法：

We characterize people by their appearances.

我们以外表来区分别人。

The rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.

这种疾病的特征是出疹子和发高烧; 以堤坝和运河为特色的一个地区

The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate.

这位小说家把女主人公刻画成变化无常而又多情的人。

He may be characterized as a man of hobbies.

他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。

Your work is characterized by lack of attention to details.

你的工作特点是缺乏对细节的注意。

词形变化：

名词: characterizer | 动词过去式: characterized | 动词过去分词: characterized | 动词现在分词: characterizing | 动词第三人称单数: characterizes |

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vt.

1. 描绘……的特性[(+as)]

The author characterizes the central figure as a weakling.

作者把书中的中心人物描绘成一个懦弱的人。

2. 具有……的特征, 以……为特征

A miser is characterized by greed.

守财奴的特点是贪婪。